Purcell fronts museum for shoemaking with zigzagging brick facade in Somerset

A faceted brick extension links a manor house and a 17th-century barn to form the Shoemakers Museum in Somerset, England, designed by UK studio Purcell.

Commissioned by local charity Alfred Gillett Trust, the museum houses collections of fossils and displays on shoemaking, including the history of shoe retailer Clarks, which was founded locally in the village of Street 200 years ago.

A brick extension connects a manor house and a barn at the Shoemakers Museum

A brick extension that...